Life is too short to drink bad wine

Right now a bottle of Angelus is closer to 300£ than the 30£ I paid for this 1993 last millennium. 1993 is not regarded as best of the vintages in Bordeaux but it's better than the 2011 that now costs 300£. Elegant dark red colour. Lovely and complex bouquet of dark fruit, leather, cellar, forrest and chocolate. High intensity. Big, solid, complex, beautiful balance. Refreshing. Long. Powerful. Tasting notes from blind tasting giving an overall score of 18,70 Ch. Angelus 1993 St.Emilion Grand cru classee Ca 30£

This is a small producer in Napa valley that buys grapes from around the valley to produce wine of great pleasure and quality. A goal that they seem to fulfil. Very dark dense coloured wine with a great complex smell of dark fruit, chocolate, mint, leather, dried fruit with somewhat sweet undertones. The taste was long with lots of dark fruit. Big, but soft tannins. Quite a mouthful with great balance and lovely acidity. Very approachable style and the wine was tried during a blind tasting after a Ch.Angelus 1993 that got a score of 18.70. This one scored 18.90! Elizabeth Spencer Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 Napa Valley Extraction from the tasting sheet Upon arrival at the winery, our Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were hand-sorted. The berries were lightly macerated and then given a long, cold soak in order to extract color and flavor from the skins. Fermentation was allowed to begin with “native” yeasts. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was fur...

I quite adore Cava due to the price level. They apply the Champagne method to the three grapes Xarel-lo, Macabeo and Parellada but the cost per bottle is half of Champagne. Key question is then; is Champagne twice as good as Cava? As with Champagne there different prices, styles and qualities among Cava as well. This Cava by Agusti Torello Mata is a more full-bodied sparkling with at least 24 months on the lees during the second fermentation. Small bubbles in this 2010 vintage, that was actually bottled in 2015. The nose is a bit spicy with ripe apples and yeasty notes. The taste is big and smooth with a decent acidity. We tried it with fresh prawns and it was too big for that. It also collided with different cheese but on its own it was delicious and it went very well with burger and salad for lunch. A decent alternative to Champagne. Cava 2010, Penedes Agusti Torello Mata Ca 12€ or 190 NOK

This is a basic Chablis by Samuel Billaud that drinks very well. Yellow green colour and aromas of green apple and flint. Solid, round and crispy taste with a good structure and length. Well balanced wine with quite a fresh aftertaste and some of that typical chalky minerality. Perfect allround Chablis that should fit well with most fish and seafood dishes. Chablis 2013 Samuel Billaud Ca 20€

Article copied from Decanter magazine. Bruno Giacosa, one of the leading lights of Piedmont for several decades, has died in hospital at the age of 88. Bruno Giacosa, a pioneer of Italian wine. Credit: Armit Wines TAGS: Highlights Bruno Giacosa  died during the night of Sunday 21 January, in Alba’s San Lazzaro hospital, aged 88 years old, according to  Italian news outlets . He had reportedly been burdened with ill health for some time. Giacosa had attained legendary status in Piedmont – as well as across Italy and beyond – having been part of a new wave of winemakers in the region. ‘One of Italy’s greatest wine producers of all time’ He had bought fruit and bottled Barolo and  Barbaresco  wines since the 1960s, but Giacosa acquired his own vineyard in 1982. His Falletto vineyard in  Serralunga   d’Alba  would go on to become one of the finest crus of the Langhe. He would later buy Barbaresco vineyards, mostly in...

IGT wine from the Tuscany region based upon 100% Sangiovese from the hills nearby Florence. Dark red colour with brick rim. Dark fruit on the nose with cherries, vanilla, dried fruit and old barrels. Powerful wine , full bodied, but also lots of fruit and round nice tannins with a beautiful balanced aftertaste. A lovely wine. Notes are from blind tasting, score 18.20 Testamatta 2007 Tuscany IGT Ca 50€

Super lovely Barolo by Falletto produced in Bruno Giacosa cellar. 2005 is a "kind" year in Barolo with wines that are approachable early on.   Quite a medium red colour with red brown rim. Great smell of raisins, chocolate, cigar and some flowers. Well balanced wine with integrated tannins and a very long finish. Some cherries on the palate and medium + acidity. All notes above were done in a blindtasting. (Score 18.6) A great wine! Barolo 2005 Falletto Ca 80€